Acetylene-gas generator.



Inventor Attorneys 7. I JIM-L I 5 Z U 32] mjwfl Patented Aug. 25,1914.

'J. B. LEE.

AOETYLENE GAS GENERATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 6, 1913.

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Be it known that I, JAMnsB, Lnn a, citizen of the United States, residing 'st Chanf dler, in"the'co1inty o1f ;Warrick and State oi; Indiana, hove'in'vented a new end useful Acetylene Gss Generator, of which the followng s'e e fie e v The present invention sppertains to acetylene gas generators, and a ms to provide a novel and improved apparatus of that char acteri T bis tt h res i v n m sfi pre 'id edg Pe eP ed..t ..-n r: me h' di po e e owt e'. q rb d. j el m and means whereby the sludge; on maybe W t raw rom und nft e es id. te e and then lifted frorn the water reservoir. he f r o endfit Q is sin e' h h v lbe' pplereetes t d s ehie eeede th n.w t rr e in combination and errangement of perts and infthedeteils of. constructioiflrereinafter debednd, a m t .b s un er o that chzingesintheprecise embodiment of theinvention herein disclosed, can be made th n' e er t. hat r le m W thout i esprit t e i io {legs 1 s remo ni s lbee l re diie it preferred embodignht in the accompanying r n nsr he w' Figure lfiS; e longitudinal vertical central sect1on,of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is s"ple n view of the I" pparotus, the bell being shown in section. 1g. 3 is a'sectionillf detail taken on the line 3 3 of Figgl Fig. fl is an enlarged perspective iew of the eerbid; feeder. The present acety ene gas generator embodiess water reservoir or tank 1, which is. preferabiyiof rectangular 0ut11n'e.- Within one end of the reservoir or tank 1 is disposed an upright c lindrical shell 2 forming a column or aft the lower end of which is spaced slightly above the bottom of the water reservoir or tank, andis provided with e flange 3 secured to the sides and respective end of h water tank, to provide 2. recs taclether eb ow. for the sludge ll hereinafter appear. Secured within the up er end oi the column 2, is the eerhid holder or hopper e, which is pron'ded with the lower discharge spout 5. The gas hell 6, which may be of snvdesireble size,

is disposed over the column 2, end has its lower open end disposed Within the water contained w thin the tank 1. The top of bell 6 is provided with a removable closure tenl z l belowthe lower nds: the gas hell Speciflcaition of letters Patexit. Patehted Aug. 25, 1914. A'p ue'a'tronmed October 6,

7 forjrefillin the 'suppl'y o cerbid has been exhausted.

The oer-bid 'fee'd'er 8 has its sides pivoted to the sides of the spout 5, and a lever 9 is secured to'the'jfeed'er 8, and is provided with a Weight 10 at one end, and with a steml ll pivoted to its other end, the. weight 10 balancin'gthe stem 11 and holding the feeder 8 l'vel' under, ordinary conditions. The stem 1 passes'u'pwa'rdly through an upstending tube12 secured to the hopper ,4,"in order that whenthe bell descends, as, the acetylene 'gas is :dre'vvn ofl', the'top of the bell 6 will the'stein 11 downwardly, and will-thereby swing the feeder 8, to discharge ,Isulficient cerbid i to the water Within I v tlon pi t e co1 umn2, so as to reestablish the chair of the'bell" SI. As the bell 6 rises, it Wil liherate the 11, eiid consequently, t e feeder return tonormal'position, it beihg observed that the feeder is shced slightly below the spout 5 of the carbi hopper, in order that the esrbidmey settle upon the feeder, withoutidischarging, until the geililder is: tilted underthe weight of the gas The ggs outlet'pipelil enters the were; re e ei f teepus zt col t upper l t la being equippe with a strainer 13' the 'iwet'erlevel'. A I @ne of the cardinal. features oi theprel ent invention resides in the proiision of e reserve cerbid hold er within the ht' pe're age ea s f r r ee s stfie t P es above g said holdepefter ehopperhas been empt ed. To this end, a scoop-shaped member 1.4 is hinged or e normelly held in on inclined position, as seen in Fig. 1, to'hold in reserve, of the carbid within the hopper, vent the, reserve carbid from charged through 1 4- is liberated.

so as to' prebeing disthe spout 5, until the holder thelhopper o r' holder 4 when the: lower pore betweemas bill iv-' ote-cl within the hopper e, and is ada e quantity The means for normally holding the scoop 14: in inclined position and for liberatin the scoop, embodies a U-shoped bar or r03 15 assin below the lower end of'the hell 7 6, withits outer arm disposed between the bell and the tenh 3., and with its inner disposed between the hell 6 and the column 2. The outer arm oi the member 15 is pro vided with a hook 16 adapted upper edge of the retertanl: i support the member 15,

J, r L to engage the l and theinner arm of the i the upper edge of the water tank, the stem 18 will be projected upwardly so as to contact with the bottom of the scoop 14 to hold the scoop in elevated position. In this con- 1 dition, the scoop wi hold in reserve, a suitable quantity of the carbid, as above indicated,-and to liberate the reserve carbid, it is merely necessary for the operator to release the hook 16 from the upper edge of the water tank, and to permit the member 15 to drop, which will retract the stem 18 and permit the scoo 1a to swingdownwar l so as to release the reserve carbid. The a vantages of this arrangement will be clearly obvious without further description.

The sludge an 19 is adapted to rest upon the bottom 0? the water tank and is arranged to he slid underneath the flange 3 of the column 2, so as to receive the slud e or precipitates from the column 2. The sludge pan 19 has V-shapied bails'2O pivoted within its opposite en s one of the bails being adapted to ass underneath the column 2 with the s udge pan and normally lie below the column within the pan, while the other bail is designed to project outwardly or upwardly from the respective end of the sludge pan, as seen in llig. 1. In order to support the outwardly projecting hail, the respective end of the pan I9 isprovided with an inclined lip 21 upon which the respective bail 20 may rest, to support the bail in an inclined position, as seen' in the drawings.

A handle 22 is provided for manipulating the sludge pan, and has a hook 23 at its lower end. To remove the sludge pan, the

or auxiliary holder innate? handle 22 lS PI'OjQCtEd into the water-tank, and the hook 23 thereof engaged with the crotch of the outstanding bail 20, which will permit the ludge pan to be conveniently slid from under the column 2, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1. After the sludge pan has been thus withdrawn, fi'om under the column 2, the handle 22 may be manipulated so as to engage the hook 23 with both bails, and when the hook 23 has been engaged with the crotches of the two bails, the sludge pan may beconveniently lifted or elevatedabove the water tank, to permit the sludge to be discharged. The slud e an ma be readily submerged by means 0 t e han le 22, as will be apparent, and after the bail nearest the column 2 has been released, the handle 22 may be employed for sliding the sludge pan underneath the column 2. In the manner described, the sludge pan may be conveniently manipulated, without the necessity of theoperator reaching into the tank or reservoir.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimedas new is Ina device of the character described, a

tank,- a hollow colnnindisposed therein, a

removable pan seated on the tank bottom below the column bails pivoted to the oppoe pan, one bail normally site portions of t lying within the pan and the other bail normally projecting I i-om the'pan' to one side of the column, the pan ha means for supporting the last mentioned bail in an inclined position, and a handle having a hook engageable with the last mentioned bail for pulling the pan from under the column, and then enga cable with both of the bails to lift the pan om the tank.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aihxed my signature n the presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES BIRD LEE. Witnessesi Wnaaenr II. Ann M W. H. Anianneon, Jr. 

